the spanish squadron was undergoing extensive repairs and thus unavailable for operations , he sent a raiding party against a squadron of gun ##boats in the mouth of the pas ##ig river . capturing the gun ##boats in a blood ##less attack , cooke then released his prisoners and sailed southward ##s , unsuccessfully assault ##ing za ##mbo ##anga before returning to macau . = = background = = in 1796 , after three years of the french revolutionary wars , spain and the french republic signed the treaty of san il ##de ##fo ##ns ##o . the secret terms of this treaty required spain to reno ##unce its alliance with great britain and subsequently to declare war on its former ally . in the east indies this
the spanish squadron was undergoing extensive repairs and thus unavailable for operations, he sent a raiding party against a squadron of gunboats in the mouth of the pasig river. capturing the gunboats in a bloodless attack, cooke then released his prisoners and sailed southwards, unsuccessfully assaulting zamboanga before returning to macau. = = background = = in 1796, after three years of the french revolutionary wars, spain and the french republic signed the treaty of san ildefonso. the secret terms of this treaty required spain to renounce its alliance with great britain and subsequently to declare war on its former ally. in the east indies this